Toy figure.



A. E. KENNEDY. v

- TOY FIGURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1910.

961,968. Patented June 21, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTEE.

ALBERT ERNEST KENNEDY, OF LEYTON, ENGLAND.

TOY FIGURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT ERNEST Kn v- NEDY, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing at 4 Abbotts Park road, Leyton, in the county ofEssex and Kingdom of Great Britain, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Toy Figures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy figures, particularly those of animals,and has for its ob ject to construct them so that they can bemanipulated to move along or walk in a realistic manner.

According to the invention a toy figure comprisestwo parts designed tobe supported on their bases in an upright position, one behind theother, and hinged together in such a manner that when one part is turnedon the hinge away from the other part and released, its weight willagain cause it to assume the upright position and drag or pull thelatter part toward it.

A suitable arrangement for carrying out the invention is as follows:-The two parts of the figure are formed of two pieces of foldedcardboard or similar material with the folds uppermost and the loweredges separated so that the said parts will stand in an uprightposition, one end of one part extending slightly within the adjacent endof the upper part. The said parts are hinged together at the upperportion of the said adjacent ends. The said two parts may be imprintedto represent a four-legged animal,.one part bearing a representation ofthe hind parts and the other the fore parts, and can be so printed thatthe design is seen on both sides a cord or thelike being advantageouslyattached to the head to represent a lead and serving to manipulate thefigure.

In order that the invention can be clearly understood reference is hadto the annexed drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of a toy animal figure constructed according tothe invention, and Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

a, b are the two pieces of folded cardboard or the like on which arerespectively depicted the fore and hind parts of an animal.

0, c are the folds of the said parts arranged uppermost, the lower edges(Z, (1 being separated as shown clearly in Fig. 2 so that the parts a, bcan stand in an up right or natural position as shown.

6 is the hinge connecting the two parts a,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 26, 1910.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 551,728.

I) together, the parts at extending slightly Within the part Z) for thispurpose.

f is the cord or the like attached to the head of the figure torepresent a lead and to allow of the figure being manipulated. Bypulling the cord f upward so that the part a is caused to turn on thehinge e and assume the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. land then releasing the cord, the weight of the said part a as itreassumes the normal position will drag or pull the part Z) in thedirection of the arrow, the continued up and down movements of the cordresulting in a forward progression of the animal.

Although each part has been described as formed of folded cardboard orthe like, yet each may be formed of two pieces connected together attheir upper edges and instead of cardboard or the like so formed orfolded and having the lower edges separated to form a base, each partmay be solid with a base sufficiently wide to support it in an uprightposition, this latter construction being well adapted for toy humanfigures.

I claim l. A toy figure comprising two parts designed to be supported ontheir bases in an upright position one behind the other and hingedtogether in such a manner that when one part is turned on the hinge awayfrom the other part and released its weight will again cause it toassume the upright or normal position and drag or pull the latter parttoward it, substantially as described.

2. A toy figure comprising two parts of folded cardboard or the likewith the folds uppermost and their lower edges separated to formsupporting bases the said parts being hinged together in such a mannerthat when one part is turned on the hinge away from the other part andreleased its weight will again cause it to assume the upright or normalposition and drag or pull the latter part toward it, substantially asdescribed.

3. A toy figure comprising the parts a and b of folded cardboard or thelike hinged together at e and supported on their bases cl, (Z and a cordf or the like attached to the part a, substantially as described.

ALBERT ERNEST KENNEDY.

Witnesses GUSTAVE TUoK, EDRIG VREDENBURG.

